Cleaning Kit

Product Description

Directions:

1. First, take the bag labeled “Barrel-Kleen” and dissolve it into 1 gallon of warm water.
2. Next, fill your barrel with the cleaning solution created from step 1, and let it soak for 24 hours.
3. After 24 hours, empty the cleaning solution from the barrel, and rinse the barrel three times with hot water.
4. Next, take the bag labeled “Barrel Neutralizing Acid” and dissolve it into 1 gallon of warm water.
5. Now, fill your barrel with this new neutralizing solution and let it soak for about 15 minutes.
6. Dump out the neutralizing solution, and rinse your barrel three times with hot water.
7. *Optional* Let the barrel dry for 3 hours. If you’d like to “re-char” your barrel, now is the time. To re-char, simply do so with a butane torch, carefully through the bung hole.
8. Rinse the barrel again with warm water.
9. Next, take the two sterilizing tablets(should be the only thing left in your oak barrel cleaning kit), and dissolve them into 1 gallon of cold water, and fill your barrel with the solution.

If you plan on re-using your barrel immediately, you can rinse the barrel three times with cold water.

It is recommended that barrels be stored with a sterilizing solution, when not fill will spirits.